Ormond Beach Wildflowers

Volusia County leaders have agreed to preserve the county's wildflowers along county roads. The County Council passed a resolution stating that the wildflowers are environmentally significant and county road maintenance programs should allow the blooms to flourish and set seed before being mowed.

A change in the road management program could not only make the roads more scenic, but would also save costs with less mowing, said Lisa Roberts, executive director of the Florida Wildflower Foundation, based in Maitland.

Volusia roads are already prolific with the native blooms, especially along the 260-mile River to the Sea Loop, a driving and cycling trail established in 2008. Volusia's county seat, DeLand, also hosts the state's largest wildflower festival, which attracted an estimated 9,000 attendees in March.

Volusia is the first Central Florida county to support the resolution, which has been accepted by Leon, Wakulla and Gadsden counties in Florida's Panhandle.

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